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Numerical investigation of the nozzle flow of a vibrationally nonequilibrium medium of a CO/sub 2/ gasdynamic laser

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
The results are given of a numerical investigation of the nozzle flow of a vibrationally nonequilibrium active medium of a CO/sub 2/ gasdynamic laser with separate heating of the exciting gas (nitrogen) and subsequent selective excitation (in a region downstream from the throat cross section) of the emitting gas (CO/sub 2/). A solution of the problem of two-dimensional flow of vibrationally relaxing nitrogen in a Laval nozzle up to the point of injection of the CO/sub 2/--He mixture was obtained by the steady-state method using a difference scheme of the third order of precision. The solution of the problem of the flow of a vibrationally relaxing CO/sub 2/--N/sub 2/--He mixture was obtained in the approximation of instantaneous mixing using a through calculation method and a first-order difference scheme. The results are given of a calculation of the flow of nonequilibrium heated nitrogen in a Laval nozzle. A comparison is made of the maximum parameters of a gasdynamic laser with homogeneous selective excitation in the case of equilibrium and nonequilibrium heating of nitrogen. It is shown numerically that a CO/sub 2/ gasdynamic laser can be constructed with a pressure in the resonator of approx.1 atm.
OSTI ID:
6590746
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 12:6; ISSN SJQEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English